Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.42%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the added 1.42%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 11.51% or 268.50 points to trade at 2,600.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Nomura Holdings Inc (TYO:) added 10.43% or 81.10 points to end at 858.70 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) was up 7.82% or 43.00 points to 593.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Yamaha Corp. (TYO:), which fell 13.21% or 164.50 points to trade at 1,081.00 at the close. NH Foods Ltd (TYO:) declined 9.45% or 498.00 points to end at 4,772.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) was down 3.44% or 314.00 points to 8,827.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2201 to 1367 and 286 ended unchanged.

Shares in Yamaha Corp. (TYO:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 13.21% or 164.50 to 1,081.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.09% to 26.03.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $71.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $75.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.35 to trade at $2,742.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 152.32, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 165.69.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.81.